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Galerie Perrin specializes in furniture and objects from the end of the seventeenth century through the beginning of the nineteenth century. The Paris-based gallery sells the work of famous designers in history such as: Georges Jacob, Jean-Jacques Lagrenée, Hubert Robert, and Piat-Joseph Sauvage. This year, Perrin is showing more than thirty objects at Design Miami/ [...]
London-based gallery Spring Projects is cleaning up in the on/site section of our show. They are presenting work from Studio Makkink & Bey’s The Crate Series including the VacuumCleanerCrate. VacuumCleanerCrate was commissioned by Spring Projects, along with BathCrate, ClockCrate, VanityCrate and BedCrate. The vacuum goes for £18,000 (excluding VAT) and there are only three in [...]
Jacksons of Stockholm has amassed an important collection of Scandinavian design covering all disciplines of the 20th century. Members of the Design Miami/ Basel Vetting Committee Simon Andrews and Thomas Woodham-Smith both mentioned Jacksons as “a must see stop” for anyone visiting the fair. Their booth contains an array of rare examples of design in [...]
As you may remember, last year we honored the German-based design practice Beta Tank as a W Hotels Designer of the Future at the 2010 Design Miami/ Basel show. We spoke to Beta Tank last June about their ongoing Taxing Art project, which explores the role tax laws have on art, design and industry (Read: [...]
Demisch Danant shines new light on French postwar reconstruction design in this article by Cultured magazine. The gallery is presenting a solo-show of Joseph-André Motte work at Design Miami/ Basel this year. Leave it to the French to have an entire farm team of talented mid-century designers who were, until recently, almost unknown. French superstars [...]
Nilufar has been a constant presence at Design Miami/ Basel and we are pleased to have them back again this year. They are showing approximately twenty pieces at the fair in a booth that they say “creates a conversation between historical and contemporary design.” They are showing work by Martino Gamper, Bethan Laura Wood, Joseph [...]
Galerie Patrick Seguin showcases the architecture and furniture of 20th century masters like Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier, Jean Royère, and, of course, Jean Prouvé. At Design Miami/ Basel this year, Galerie Patrick Seguin’s presentation focuses exclusively on Prouvé and it demonstrates just how much work one master can do in a day. For [...]
Reporting for Cultured magazine Rachel Wolff discovers Gerrit Rietveld’s influence goes way beyond the Zig Zag chair. His work is presented by Galerie Ulrich Fiedler at Design Miami/ Basel. Clean lines; carefully balanced asymmetry; splashes of red, blue and yellow on otherwise stark palettes; those famous zigzagging chairs… The visual language of Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964) [...]
Design Miami/ Basel held its first Design Talk today. The talk focused on the power of patronage and how private commissions can push the boundaries of design. Felix Burrichter, Editor/Creative Director of Pin-Up magazine facilitated a conversation between the designer Max Lamb and Alexander “Sandy” Rower, the President of the Calder Foundation and grandson of [...]
Mateo Kries, Director of the Vitra Design Museum, gave us his thoughts on Design Miami/ Basel 2011 and points out a few pieces he finds exceptional.
Hostler Burrows, formerly Antik, specializes in Scandinavian design and decorative arts. Its booth at Design Miami/ Basel received high praise from the Vetting Committee on Monday, so Design Miami/ Blog popped in for a quick visit to see what they had in stock. One of the most striking pieces in their booth is a pair [...]
Priveekollektie Contemporary Art / Design is known for giving emerging and established artists and designers a platform to express and experiment in their work. At Design Miami/ Basel, you will get to see some of the incredible objects that result from their collaborations with today’s talents. They have fifteen new pieces debuting at the fair [...]
Carpenters Workshop Gallery is pulling out all the stops for Design Miami/ Basel. Their presentation at the fair consists of new editions especially commissioned for debut in Basel. In Carpenters Workshop Gallery’s booth, you can see new work by talents including: Atelier van Lieshout, Sebastian Brajkovic, Ingrid Donat, Vincent Dubourg, Lonneke Gordijn, Ralph Nauta, and [...]
Jousse Entreprise is presenting an incredible example of work by Jean Prouvé at Design Miami/ Basel, a school house built in 1956. Cultured magazine spoke to gallery owner and Prouvé expert Philippe Jousse about the revolutionary designer and his contributions to modern architecture. When did you begin to collect Jean Prouvé? I started collecting and [...]
Cultured magazine sat down with Design Miami/’s new director Marianne Goebl to discuss the fair’s future, life in Miami and what’s new in Basel. What part of your new role as director are you enjoying most? I truly enjoy having direct access to this broad spectrum of exceptional design work and to the very diverse [...]
There is no end in sight to the marvels you can discover in Galerie VIVID’s booth at Design Miami/ Basel. The gallery has commissioned some exciting new work that it is unveiling at the fair. One of the works is from Studio Glithero and the other comes from Dirk Vander Kooij. Dirk Vander Kooij has [...]
This is the first time Galerie Doria is participating in Design Miami/ Basel. Galerie Owner and Director, Denis Doria says: “We are heading into this first experience with an open mind, hundred percent receptive to the novelty and opportunity it represents.” The Paris-based gallery specializes in works created in the first half of the 20th century [...]
One of the very first sales we reported from Design Miami/ back in December was rung up by Perimeter Art & Design. The doors had barely opened and the gallery had sold a brand new sofa from the Campana Brothers’ Mono Sushi series to an American collector for $130,000 USD. The sofa came straight from [...]
If children’s fantasies are primordially derived, then perhaps it’s perfectly fitting that for his first large-scale outdoor installation, Nacho Carbonell is creating a playground for Milan’s Galleria Rossana Orlandi. Taking over Design Miami/ Basel’s outdoor space, the Eindhoven-based, Spanish designer—whose surreal, tactile forms often conjure specimens that escaped from some alien natural history museum—is [...]
At Design Miami/ in December, Cultured magazine published by Whitehaus Media Group debuted at the fair. The introduction of the publication made the fair a richer experience for our visitors by providing an in-depth editorial look at the designers, the projects and the participants that collectively make up Design Miami/. We are happy to report [...]
Hella Jongerius has researched color in all its diversity since the start of her career. This research led to experiments with color using one of her existing designs – the Red White Vase in 1997. The first two series of Colored Vases were produced in 2003 and 2007, using the form of the vase as [...]
Need to revamp your work station? Gallery Seomi will be showcasing some extraordinary desks by Korean designers in Basel this year including ones by Bahk Jongsun and Bae Sehwa. The gallery has represented Bahk Jongsun for four years and the designer is known of his graceful and elegant Zen style designs that embrace a historic [...]
R 20th Century will be exhibiting a selection of exceptional works by several significant 20th and 21st century designers at Design Miami/ Basel. In their booth, you will find work by Greta Magnusson Grossman (Sweden), Jeff Zimmerman (US), Bae Sehwa (Korea) and some spectacular pieces by Brazilian talents Joaquim Tenriero and Jose Zanine. From Joaquim [...]
